After her quadriplegia had set in, some neuroscientists signed her up for a study where they connected wires to her brain.

Literally.

They sliced her skull open and put sensors on her brain. Then they connected the sensors to a prosthetic arm. They wanted to see if she could use her thoughts to move the arm.

No training. Nothing.

They just sliced her skull open, put these wires in, connected the wires to the prosthetic arm, and told her to move the arm. She did it.

Seeing her move that arm on my television was the most amazing thing to me.

All she had to do was think and the arm would do whatever she wanted it to do.

That’s powerful.

Now that I think about it though, it’s kind of creepy that she could do that. It kind of reminds of Matilda. Remember that movie? The little girl would just concentrate on her thoughts and next thing you know, the school principal would be flying out the window.

Now, I’m not one of those Kumbaya, “let’s join hands together and pray for world peace” types. But…

Thanks to shows like this, I now have something special written on my bathroom mirror.

In the corner of the mirror in my bathroom, I literally have these 3 sentences written down